Frequently asked questions

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What is the purpose of the Personal Daily Horoscope?

The Personal Daily Horoscope gives our readers a fresh inspiration
for reflexion, for looking inside and for entertainment every day. A
subject is selected
from the currently active transits of the planets over the personal chart.
This
subject is discussed and presented together with an inspiring painting or
drawing.
Moreover, the Daily Horoscope delivers additional astrological information
of a personal and general nature. However, it is not the purpose of the
daily
horoscope to present all currently active transits. Other free offers are
more useful for this purpose, in particular the Transit Calendar
in the section Extended chart
selection -> Special charts (please select chart type = Transit
Calendar).

What's the difference between the Free Daily Horoscope and the Extended
Daily Horoscope?

Yes, it is. The only thing that will change is the exact hour of
the transits of the faster-moving planets, including the Moon. If
you live in a time zone very different from the one you were born
in, you can enter your place of residence by clicking on the link
Change reference place in the right column
of the Daily Horoscope page. Here, two procedures are possible:

You have already chosen a reference place and want to change it:
You will see the town you have chosen and next to it a link named
other town. Click on that link and enter your
new
place of residence. Then click on "continue", and the place will be
shown in the drop-down menu. Click on "continue" again in order
to save the place and to get back to the horoscope page.

Your reference place is the same as your birth place:
Uncheck the box "use birth place" and click on "continue".
Choose a country and enter the name of your new place of residence.
Then click on "continue", and the place will be
shown in the drop-down menu. Click on "continue" again in order
to save the place and to get back to the horoscope page.

The Free Daily Horoscope then gives you the exact hour of transits
according
to the time zone of your place of residence.

How
can a planet be in more than one house during a certain period of
a time?

Every so often, planets become retrograde
or 'backwards-moving', when seen from the Earth. When this happens,
they move back into the astrological house they have just come from
before finally moving on. For example, Mercury could pass from the
third house on to the fourth, then back again into the third. After
a while, Mercury will change direction again, moving through the
last part of the third house in direct motion, before carrying on
through the fourth.
In the Personal Daily Horoscope, Mercury will be regarded as being
in the third house until it finally leaves it, even if it has already
been in the fourth house for a while during the same period.
To get a detailed overview of Mercury's movement, please select the
'Graphical Ephemeris for one year' in the 'extended chart selection
-> Special charts',
or visit the 'Ephemeris' section accessible via the top menu under 'All
about Astrology'.

Could
you offer the Void of Course Moon times, both mundane and
personal?

The mundane void of course Moon is listed in the Daily Horoscope under
"Celestial Events" in the tab "Mundane".
The personal void of course Moon can easily be deduced from the
information
given in the Daily Horoscope. We list both, all personal Moon transits and
the
Moon's ingress into a new sign. Find the last Moon transit in the list.
This
marks the beginning of your personal void of course Moon. As with the
mundane
VOC Moon, it ends when the Moon changes signs.

How can I print the Planetary Hours?

If you click on the blue link "Planetary Hours", you will come to a page
with
all the details. You can print out this page using the print function of
your
browser.

How can
two people born at different times have exactly the same daily
horoscope?

The daily horoscope is based on the transits of the moving planets in the
sky
over the planets or other points in a person's birth chart.
A transit happens when a moving planet crosses the location of a
natal planet, or forms a particular angle (aspect) to it.
(see also: FAQ - What are transits?)
Two people can have one or more natal planets at the same or a very close
position. For example, two people, one born on March 7, 1960 and the other
born on February 14, 1962 will have their natal Mars at nearly the same
position at 9 degrees Aquarius.
Now, when a moving planet P happens to cross over 9 degrees Aquarius, both
will
have the transit 'P conjunct Mars'. Depending on what other transits
happen
for both people at the same time, it is quite possible that both persons
will have this identical transit selected on the day of the crossing in
their
daily horoscope, effectively getting the same daily horoscope for that
day.
Also, all other transits involving natal Mars will happen on the same
day for these two, even when they have otherwise very different charts,
just
because they share the 'same' Mars.

What are the different tabs in the Daily Horoscope?

They refer to different parts of the Daily Horoscope. The tabs on the left
mark different types of information for the current date.

General: These are the transits of the current planets in the sky
in relation to the personal birth chart. Here you find a general
interpretation of the transits.

Love: The Daily Love Horoscope also interprets the current transits
to the personal chart, but specifically refers to love and relationship
themes.

Mundane: This is titled "Celestial events" and you can find out
about current planetary constellations and celestial events in the sky
without any reference to the personal chart. E.g. aspects between current
planets, rising and setting times of the Sun and Moon, etc.

The tabs on the right refer to the days for which you can choose the
Daily Horoscope:

Extended Day Choice: This is a special feature for subscribers
where
they can access the Daily Horoscope and all the above information for any
day within a time span of 4 years. More information on the Extended Daily
Horoscope can be found here.

yesterday / tomorrow: This option is available to all users and it
offers all the above information for the day before / after the current
day.

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